Leixões
The Port of Leixões is one of Portugal's largest seaports and the primary maritime gateway for the Northern Region. Located in Matosinhos, just north of Porto and approximately 5 kilometres from the Douro River mouth, the port handles diverse cargoes including containers, bulk cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro, as well as serving cruise ships and fishing vessels.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: harbour in Portugal
- Also known as: “Leixões Port” and “Porto de Leixões”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos and Mercado metro station.
Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos
Marketplace
Photo: José Moutinho, CC BY 2.0.
Mercado Municipal de Matosinhos is a marketplace.
Mercado metro station
Railway station
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mercado metro station is a railway station.
Fort of Leça da Palmeira
Fort
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fort of Leça da Palmeira, also known as Castle of Matosinhos or Fort of Our Lady of the Snows is a coastal fortification located in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos in the Greater Porto region of Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Casas de Mar and Leça da Palmeira.
Leça da Palmeira
Suburb
Photo: jad99, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Leça da Palmeira is an area in the Portuguese city of Matosinhos north of the Leça river. It was a civil parish until 2013, when it was merged with the parish of Matosinhos, forming Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira.
Aldoar
Suburb
Photo: Tintazul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aldoar is a former civil parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde. The population in 2011 was 12,843, in an area of 2.41 km². Aldoar is situated 2½ km southeast of Leixões.
Leixões
- Categories: port, business, and locality
- Location: Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
41.18645° or 41° 11′ 11″ northLongitude
-8.69616° or 8° 41′ 46″ westOpen location code
8CHH58P3+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 4580255461OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q1547306
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Leixões” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Леишоиш”
- Catalan: “Port de Leixões”
- Chinese: “莱索斯港”
- Dutch: “Leixões”
- French: “port de Leixões”
- French: “Port de Leixões”
- German: “Porto de Leixões”
- German: “Puerto de Leixões”
- Luxembourgish: “Leixões”
- Polish: “Leixões”
- Portuguese: “Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões”
- Portuguese: “Porto de Leixões”
- Slovak: “Leixões”
- Slovak: “Porto de Leixões”
- Spanish: “Puerto de Leixões”
- Turkish: “Leixões Limanı”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Leixões”. Photo: JotaCartas, CC BY-SA 3.0.